Quickies: Voice Caller ID, Agendus, Clie Bluetooth & More

Posted By: Ryan Wednesday, March 23, 2005 10:38:58 AM

In this quickie update a number of new software updates including Vocal Caller ID for Treos, a new talking Dictionary, an online petition to bring the opera browser to the Palm OS, study card studio, a GPS enabled Golf suite and more.

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Ringo for Palm OS Ringo Adds Vocal Caller ID
Ringo, a ringtone manager for the Treo, has added a new Voice ID feature that will announce the name of the caller while it's playing the ringtone and displaying the picture you have associated with a caller. Ringo is available from Electric Pocket’s http://electricpocket.com for US$29.95. [BUY]

Studycard Studio 2.4
Digital Meadow today announced the release of Studycard Studio 2.4, the latest update to its multimedia flashcard application for Mac OS. Studycard Studio 2.4 becomes the first and only product in its class to offer a companion study application for the Palm OS platform. The software allows students and educators to create flashcards or quizzes on Mac OS, then study them on Palm Powered handhelds.

Studycard Studio Lite 2.4 is available immediately as a free download at www.digitalmeadow.com. In addition to Studycard Studio Lite for Mac OS which supports the Quiz study method with fewer features, the download includes the full Studycard Studio Palm OS companion application. The full registered version is $29 USD.

Looney Ball 1.20
Looney Ball is a colourful game to challenge your mind and reactions. The game is a remix of the classic game Popcorn. The aim is to break all the bricks in order to make your way to the next level. The full version goes for $9.95. [BUY]

German-English Talking Dictionary from Langenscheidt
The Berlin-based company envi.con released its newest software product at the Cebit computer Expo in Hannover last week, a dual-directional dictionary with an integrated talking function. Developed in cooperation with the respected German dictionary publisher Langenscheidt, the software sets a new design standard for mobile reference works.

The first work in the series, the dual-directional German to English dictionary, contains more than 120,000 key words and phrases and includes extensive details about grammer and proper usage. As in the paper version of the dictionary, core vocabulary is marked to help keep the user oriented. It costs $19.95 USD. [BUY]

GPS Enabled IntelliGolf
Karrier Communications has announced the shipment of its new IntelliGolf® Eagle edition golf scoring, wagering, and GPS software for palmOne handhelds.The IntelliGolf Eagle edition is the only golf software to include all seven S's of golf: Scoring, Shot tracking, Satellite GPS, Sharing, Sidegames (30+), Statistics (250+), and Signature course (20,000+) scorecards. The Eagle edition is compatible with over 30 industry-leading GPS receivers via Bluetooth, SDIO and CF connections. The Eagle edition includes the IntelliGolf 1) handheld software, 2) GPS software, 3) desktop software, and 4) synchronization software. IntelliGolf is available at intelligolf.com for $49.95.

New iambic Agendus Desktop Editions
iambic has released two new versions of Agendus. Agendus for Windows, the desktop version of iambic’s award-winning personal information management (PIM) program and Agendus for Windows Palm Desktop Edition. Agendus for Windows, Palm Desktop Edition enables users to work seamlessly between their desktop and handheld device. It is designed to unleash the power of all four of the applications built into the Palm operating system (address, datebook, To Dos, and communications). Additionally, it now features an all-new “Today” screen that includes “Quote-of-the-Day” and custom weather reports.

Agendus for Windows, Outlook Edition delivers to users of Microsoft Outlook the critically acclaimed features of Agendus, such as customized categories, colors, and contact histories, which have been enabling handheld users to unlock the full potential or their devices. As a result, Outlook is much more functional and easy to customize to meet user’s specific needs.

Agendus for Windows can be downloaded and purchased from www.iambic.com for $29.95. Upgrading to Agendus for Windows version 3 is free for customers that purchased version 2.07 (either standard or professional) on or after January 15, 2005. Customers that purchased Agendus for Windows (either standard or professional) before January 15, 2005, can upgrade to version 3 for $9.95.

[BUY] - Outlook Edition
[BUY] - Palm Desktop Edition

Sony Clie Bluetooth Adapter Bluetooth Adapter for Sony Clie's
Hagikawa Sys-Com has announced a new Bluetooth adapter for select non-Bluetooth enabled Clie Handhelds. The adapter connects to the serial connector of NX80V, TJ25, TJ37, TH55, TH55DK, or VZ90. Pricing or availability is not yet known. Thanks to PalmAddicts for the heads up.

Music Bundle Pro
After the success of Music Bundle, which is employed in many schools and universities, RoGame Software releases Music Bundle Pro with the notable addition of ChordLab. Music educators as well as students of all degrees will find most anything they could want in an educational product in this bundle. A self-contained, illustrated musical terms reference in Almond, a chord calculator for harmony showing standard voicings in notation as well as fingerings for guitar and piano, a metronome in DaCapo featuring sampled drum sounds, and Mozart which starts you off in the process of reading music in all common clefs. Music Bundle Pro makes these applications more affordable.The current introductionary price of $39.95 is a limited time offer and a free demo is available. [BUY]

Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition
There is a online petition to bring the Opera browser to the Palm OS. You can sign it here.

MOVEMENTO - MOD player
iNDUSTRY Entertainment has released an initial version of freeware MOD player, Movemento, for PalmOS devices. It features the modula audio engine, background playback, powersave mode and supports playlists of mod files. It will run on most Palm OS 5 and above devices.

MultiTask II
From Steve, MultiTask II is the solution to your Palm Computing task management needs. MultiTask II allows you to quickly create task list templates for any of your projects and group each set of tasks by project. Now tasks can be ToDo items and Datebook appointments too. Script your contacts, meetings, and other personal or business events into MultiTask II project templates and every time you get another project or client, open your custom template and your scripted duties will appear with just a few taps of your stylus. Each item that needs attention will appear before you in an easy to read and manage interface. You can add a complex project, set of minor tasks, and a personal obligation in a few seconds with MultiTask II.

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Clie Bluetooth?

Frenchie @ 3/23/2005 3:25:24 PM #

Does anyone have any idea how much and how powerful the radio is? Ha, and people said Clie's were dead.

The world will end in 2006. Just as it was predicted in the bible along with the release of Microsoft Longhorn.... :p

RE: Clie Bluetooth?

abosco @ 3/23/2005 10:03:45 PM #

I'm sure it'll be the standard Class1 30ft Bluetooth 1.2. I'll take a guess that it'll cost $150.

-Bosco
NX80v + Wifi + BT + T637

Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition

pmjoe @ 3/23/2005 3:33:35 PM #

They'd be better off doing a petition to get some devices with OS 6 out there. If I remember right, that is what the Opera folks were waiting for. I certainly would be if I was them.

RE: Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition

hkklife @ 3/23/2005 4:13:31 PM #

Yup, OS 5 is still too limited & a patchwork for anything really decent to run under it. Blazer 4.x is gonna be as good as it gets for Garnet devices and...as long as they are reminiscent of the Treo 650 or T5 spec-wise, that's almost good enough. Almost.

RE: Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition

Strider_mt2k @ 3/23/2005 5:53:44 PM #

Have you used NetFront?

It's only on Clies I think, and it's a shame, because it's a darn good browser too.

RE: Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition

pmjoe @ 3/23/2005 6:01:52 PM #

> Have you used NetFront?
> It's only on Clies I think

Probably because Sony had the benefit of being a licensee and was able to hack into the OS to get it working decently. If NetFront would work on any Palm OS device, you'd think someone would be selling it separately.

RE: Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition

rsc1000 @ 3/23/2005 7:42:23 PM #

>>Yup, OS 5 is still too limited & a patchwork for anything really decent to run under it.

Bull. If you can do quake for palm os - then a browser can be ported. Symbian is no cup cake (though it is certainly more modern / object oriented than Palm OS) to code for either - but its had opera for ages. There is nothing mind-boggling about opera and everything it does can be done on Palm OS.

RE: Opera Browser for Palm OS Petition

mikecane @ 3/24/2005 3:10:43 PM #

Why hasn't ardiri slithered out from his crawlspace to tell you how STUPID it is to even *desire* Opera on a POS device? You think I've forgotten the comments you made to *me* about this, ardiri? Fat chance!